Heather Bell

History, World Modern History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges ...
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Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges this interpretation through careful investigation of the complicated relationship between medicine, politics, and capital in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It includes chapters on midwifery training and female circumcision, on health and racial ideology, and on the quest to find the yellow fever virus in East Africa.Less

Frontiers of Medicine in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1899–1940

Heather Bell

Published in print: 1999-06-10

Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges this interpretation through careful investigation of the complicated relationship between medicine, politics, and capital in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It includes chapters on midwifery training and female circumcision, on health and racial ideology, and on the quest to find the yellow fever virus in East Africa.

This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the ...
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This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the author argues that, from the early colonial era, colonial power has been extensively shared between colonizers and the Chinese who chose to work with them. This exploration of the form of colonial power includes critical discussions of various cultural and institutional aspects, looking into such issues as education, language use, political ideologies, and other cultural and political concerns. These considerations permit the author to shed new light from a historical perspective on the complex and hotly debated question of Hong Kong identity. But it is not written just out of an interest in things of the past. Rather, the arguments of this book shed new light on some current issues of major relevance to post-colonial Hong Kong. The book makes critical use of post-colonial approaches, and demonstrates that Hong Kong is an important case for all interested in examining the colonial experience in East Asia.Less

Collaborative Colonial Power : The Making of the Hong Kong Chinese

Wing Sang Law

Published in print: 2009-07-01

This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the author argues that, from the early colonial era, colonial power has been extensively shared between colonizers and the Chinese who chose to work with them. This exploration of the form of colonial power includes critical discussions of various cultural and institutional aspects, looking into such issues as education, language use, political ideologies, and other cultural and political concerns. These considerations permit the author to shed new light from a historical perspective on the complex and hotly debated question of Hong Kong identity. But it is not written just out of an interest in things of the past. Rather, the arguments of this book shed new light on some current issues of major relevance to post-colonial Hong Kong. The book makes critical use of post-colonial approaches, and demonstrates that Hong Kong is an important case for all interested in examining the colonial experience in East Asia.

This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for ...
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This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for international supervision, and British resistance to it, together with the justifications offered for colonialism. It discusses the relationship between the anti-colonial movement and the human rights movement, traces the evolving practice of the United Nations, and concludes with an account of the less defensible aspects of British colonialism.Less

The Burdens of Empire

A. W. BRAIN SIMPSON

Published in print: 2004-01-29

This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for international supervision, and British resistance to it, together with the justifications offered for colonialism. It discusses the relationship between the anti-colonial movement and the human rights movement, traces the evolving practice of the United Nations, and concludes with an account of the less defensible aspects of British colonialism.

This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) ...
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This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) revisiting the nature of colonial power prior to assessing or presuming any structure of colonial domination; (b) refusing the dialectical structure of colonialist and nationalist discourses which treat space merely as a passive particularity that specifies and fragments the universal progression of history. Therefore, a re-theorization of colonial power as a power of space is called for. It further argues that there is no better place to start re-theorizing colonial power than the teachings of Foucault. It explains that this book shows how Chinese collaboration and colonialism mutually intertwined and conditioned each other in and around Hong Kong.Less

Conclusion : Re-theorizing Colonial Power

Law Wing Sang

Published in print: 2009-07-01

This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) revisiting the nature of colonial power prior to assessing or presuming any structure of colonial domination; (b) refusing the dialectical structure of colonialist and nationalist discourses which treat space merely as a passive particularity that specifies and fragments the universal progression of history. Therefore, a re-theorization of colonial power as a power of space is called for. It further argues that there is no better place to start re-theorizing colonial power than the teachings of Foucault. It explains that this book shows how Chinese collaboration and colonialism mutually intertwined and conditioned each other in and around Hong Kong.

This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according ...
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This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according to simple stereotypes of a colonizer's oppression and exploitation of a colonized people draws attention away from the constant cultural and micropolitical operations of colonialism, although the complexities of related issues co-exist with the daily presence of simple dichotomizing. It notes however, that the focus in this chapter limits itself neither to colonial discourses in a narrow sense nor to Hong Kong per se; rather, it pits the colonialism-English relationships against the complex formation of collaborative colonial power in both Hong Kong and China. It shows that the privileged status of English-language education in Hong Kong was more likely to stem from irregular changes in policy and societal orientation than from an ingrained imperialist imperative.Less

Cultural Coloniality : The English Language and Schooling

Law Wing Sang

Published in print: 2009-07-01

This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according to simple stereotypes of a colonizer's oppression and exploitation of a colonized people draws attention away from the constant cultural and micropolitical operations of colonialism, although the complexities of related issues co-exist with the daily presence of simple dichotomizing. It notes however, that the focus in this chapter limits itself neither to colonial discourses in a narrow sense nor to Hong Kong per se; rather, it pits the colonialism-English relationships against the complex formation of collaborative colonial power in both Hong Kong and China. It shows that the privileged status of English-language education in Hong Kong was more likely to stem from irregular changes in policy and societal orientation than from an ingrained imperialist imperative.

This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French ...
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This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and execution of the two colonial powers’ policy in Black Africa. It examines the guiding principles of the policy makers in Britain and France and the problems experienced by the colonial administrators themselves. This comparative study, grounded in both French and British archives, sheds light on the development of Anglo-French cooperation in colonial matters in this period.Less

John Kent

Published in print: 1992-10-08

This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and execution of the two colonial powers’ policy in Black Africa. It examines the guiding principles of the policy makers in Britain and France and the problems experienced by the colonial administrators themselves. This comparative study, grounded in both French and British archives, sheds light on the development of Anglo-French cooperation in colonial matters in this period.

This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based ...
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This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based particularly on recently released documentary evidence, much of it never before published, this book traces the development of Conservative attitudes towards Britain's role as a colonial power and describes reactions within the party to the rapid British withdrawal from Africa following the 1959 General Election. Making a clear distinction between the Conservative Party and the machinery of government over which conservative ministers presided, this book examines how the party itself exercised a direct influence over the struggle for power between competing interest groups within the African colonies. It assesses the links between the Conservatives and the so-called ‘multi-racial’ parties, intended by Britain to play an important role in political development in Africa, and looks at ties between Conservative politicians and British businessmen active in the continent. This book's analysis makes a contribution to the debate on the process of decolonization, highlighting the variety of ways in which metropolitan party politics could influence the transfer of power.Less

Party Politics and Decolonization : The Conservative Party and British Colonial Policy in Tropical Africa 1951-1964

Philip Murphy

Published in print: 1995-02-23

This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based particularly on recently released documentary evidence, much of it never before published, this book traces the development of Conservative attitudes towards Britain's role as a colonial power and describes reactions within the party to the rapid British withdrawal from Africa following the 1959 General Election. Making a clear distinction between the Conservative Party and the machinery of government over which conservative ministers presided, this book examines how the party itself exercised a direct influence over the struggle for power between competing interest groups within the African colonies. It assesses the links between the Conservatives and the so-called ‘multi-racial’ parties, intended by Britain to play an important role in political development in Africa, and looks at ties between Conservative politicians and British businessmen active in the continent. This book's analysis makes a contribution to the debate on the process of decolonization, highlighting the variety of ways in which metropolitan party politics could influence the transfer of power.

The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the ...
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The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the colonized countries went through in terms of city planning, architecture, transportation, culture, industrial and trading developments, etc. The editors conclude in this chapter that In the twentieth century it had gradually lost its original significance of strengthening the colonial powers but brought aesthetic and architectural value, as well as urbanization and modernization, to the colonized.Less

Afterword

Laura VictoirVictor Zatsepine

Published in print: 2013-01-01

The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the colonized countries went through in terms of city planning, architecture, transportation, culture, industrial and trading developments, etc. The editors conclude in this chapter that In the twentieth century it had gradually lost its original significance of strengthening the colonial powers but brought aesthetic and architectural value, as well as urbanization and modernization, to the colonized.

Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the ...
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Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the uncertainties of colonial and semi-colonial regimes. The chapters were written by scholars working in city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history. They aim to use the built environment as a method of analyzing the multiple experiences of colonial powers in China and northern Indochina. They also have brought together case studies about the regions where the concentration of Western and, later, Japanese influence, money, and people were at its maximum. They examine urban colonial places and the urban aspects of colonization, such as city planning, infrastructure, and spatial arrangements. This introductory chapter also outlines the highlights of each chapter.Less

Introduction

Victor ZatsepineLaura Victoir

Published in print: 2013-01-01

Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the uncertainties of colonial and semi-colonial regimes. The chapters were written by scholars working in city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history. They aim to use the built environment as a method of analyzing the multiple experiences of colonial powers in China and northern Indochina. They also have brought together case studies about the regions where the concentration of Western and, later, Japanese influence, money, and people were at its maximum. They examine urban colonial places and the urban aspects of colonization, such as city planning, infrastructure, and spatial arrangements. This introductory chapter also outlines the highlights of each chapter.

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a ...
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Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.Less

Harbin to Hanoi : The Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940

Published in print: 2013-01-01

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.